A view south looking uphill along Swale Canyon with Swale Creek and the Klickitat Trail in view, Klickitat County, Washington............April 12, 2012 You would need written permission and good directions to visit any of the private parcels here in order to avoid trespassing on private property.

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the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Several of us were fortunate to be able to visit some private property on the canyon rim above the east side of Swale Creek today. This is property that is about two miles south of the private property visited on March 31. The slopes above the east side of Swale Creek are some of the best quality bunchgrass prairie that I have seen anywhere near the Columbia River Gorge. There aren't alot of balsamroots, which indicates there may have been some grazing a very long time ago, but there is evidence of only a few plants of one weedy composite, and a small presence of bulbous bluegrass and cheatgrass at this site, which indicates the high quality of the area.

Weather: Mostly sunny with light winds and temperatures in the 50s most of the day, although a brief rain squall "blew" through late in the afternoon.

*Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi (with possibility some were L. gormanii) - Corms were palatible. Some plants were caulescent, others seemed to be acaulescent. Fading out of bloom except in shades places.